Callaway's Ronald Walker, left, gets a little piece of Murrah running back Josef Cornelius's facemask as Cornelius rips off a run deep in Charger territory at Newell Field in Jackson.

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Ronald Walker will leave Callaway after this semester and enroll early at Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

Walker, who was verbally committed to Ole Miss, opted to sign with the junior college school Thursday after an unofficial visit to the school's campus. The move was made to give him a head start on academically qualifying for a Division I school in two years.

"He's got a semester to get acclimated, semester to get in the weight room, semester he can go through spring training," Copiah-Lincoln coach Glenn Davis said. "All of those things are big benefits to him." ...